Coolicon® pendant lamp Underground enameled small
1933 was not only the birth of Coolicon® lights, but also of an easier-to-read network map of the "London Underground", which graphic designer Harry Beck created in the same year.
On the inside of the shade you can find this plan.
Please note that we offer several color options.
Technical Information
Socket: E14
Weight: about 500 g
Height: 150 mm
Diameter: 228 mm
More details
Enamel: since 3000 years. Coolicon: since 1933. famous lamps from Edinburgh.
Enameling, the surface protection of steel and iron by a thin, porcelain-like, either transparent or colored glaze is ancient. But only a few companies in Europe still master the technique, and probably hardly any master it like Coolicon®, where the enamel comes to an unrivaled color brilliance, and in a typically English broad-band spectrum such as the sun otherwise only gets to see on a racing day at Ascot, which is outshone by it. Their shape has remained unchanged since 1933, and the enameled steel shades have always had a Coolicon®-typical feature, because the tapered neck of the lampshade is open between the socket and the bulge. This was originally a thermal measure to cool the bulb, but the thus given second light throw upwards quickly became a highly appreciated characteristic of the Coolicon® lamp.
On the colors: we adopt out of respect the very poetic English names, because with so much authenticity, any translation would be sacrilege.
